[pypy-dev] Re: having broken the back of the unittest conversion problem ...

[Michael Hudson]

holger krekel <hpk at trillke.net> writes:

>> # And I am even more clueless about what you want me to do
>> # about these friends.
>> 
>> #def failUnlessAlmostEqual(self, first, second, places=7, msg=None):
>> #assertAlmostEqual = assertAlmostEquals = failUnlessAlmostEqual 
>> 
>> #def failIfAlmostEqual(self, first, second, places=7, msg=None):
>> #assertNotAlmostEqual = assertNotAlmostEquals = failIfAlmostEqual
>
> these are new in python2.3 IIRC and can be (if we use it at all) 
> converted to: 
>
>     assert round(first-second, 7) == 0 
>
> and 
>
>     assert round(first-second, 7) != 0 
>
> respectively. 

If we use these at all, I'd like to have words with whoever introduced
the usage :-)

Mutter mutter, fp-induced paranoia, ...

Cheers,
mwh

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